Dan Mann's Shapes

[kdropin]

yeah i would say that's about right! I have been back east for the last few weeks helping with relocating a sick elderly family member and I have been riding it in 2 foot to overhead (depending on power of the swell). From an EC perspective, you can really ride it in a lot of conditions. The tail really distinguished it from the Dominator. Out on your steeper beaches you totally could ride it thigh high if its steep. especially on the right tide in seasons when you are in light neoprene.

Cheers

that sounds good man.. u on a 5'9?

[buzzy]

the Unibrow, in my opinion, is going to replace boards like the Dominator/Spitfire for a lot of good to advanced surfers. It offers a more refined tail, a more progressive rocker, a nice single to double and a little less over all width. It is, however, still an insane groveller, it just opens up the performance ceiling for that type of board. The round tail makes the board silky smooth from rail to rail and great as the conditions get better.

http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/su...oardid=unibrow

Chris, you rock!

Can I just pose a question? I find the volume of a 6'4" Dom ideal in small waves, but in mid size ones I start to notice the extra volume in the tail. Still very much surfable but there's very little margin for error in foot placement. I've always thought a Dom with more refined rails and a bit more nose rocker would be ideal, and the Unibrow looks a lot like that. So I guess I'm wondering with the rails and tail now more refined would it matter a great deal if I carried all that volume along the centre line (I'm guessing it's there)? I guess what I'm wondering is whether I can keep the volume in a 6'6" Unibrow (similar to my 6'4" Dom) yet get the refinement benefits of the less chunked up rail and tail? I tend to like the extra volume for smaller waves and if I can keep that benefit with more wave feel all the better.

Any comments appreciated.

[Slowman]

the Unibrow, in my opinion, is going to replace boards like the Dominator/Spitfire for a lot of good to advanced surfers. It offers a more refined tail, a more progressive rocker, a nice single to double and a little less over all width. It is, however, still an insane groveller, it just opens up the performance ceiling for that type of board. The round tail makes the board silky smooth from rail to rail and great as the conditions get better.

http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/su...oardid=unibrow

Very much what I was wondering, this plan shape really appeals to my eye.

[cucuson]

Hey Chris, when would the unibrow be available for the US? The board looks goooood for in between Dom & MB very excited on new boards good job FW!!!!

[Sarge]

Chris, - or anyone who has been on the unibrow; is it a board that is surfed off the tail like the Dom, or more to be driven off the front foot and lean back and kick to SNAP?
I am thinking volume wise about halfway between my 30l HP and 33.5 l Dom?

[FW - Fan]

get mine tomorrow...stoked. 6'0...

[prjwebb]

get mine tomorrow...stoked. 6'0...

Nice! Lots of photos and a ride report if possible!

[buzzy]

I'll be glued to the computer waiting for the ride report. Are they in stores in Oz yet?

[kdropin]

i think i'd ride one same volume as a hp give or take

[FW - Fan]

I'll be glued to the computer waiting for the ride report. Are they in stores in Oz yet?

Yeah Buzzy they are....but I am bummed . My beautiful wife..who is a midwife got up at 2 am to go and deliver a baby and my wallet is in the car...so no Unibrow for me until Monday now...damn pregnant women and their inconvenient birth times....lol.